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EffeCt
Profile Joined January 2010
United States77 Posts
February 27 2012 01:30 GMT
#21
I refuse to pay for something that should be free. Therefore, I didn't watch it regardless of whether or not I could have worked around and scammed. I chose not to, because I choose not to support the "buy Sundance a yacht" charity.
ampson
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2355 Posts
February 27 2012 01:30 GMT
#22
Didn't pay, didn't watch. Was busy all weekend anyway.
Almonjin
Profile Joined July 2011
35 Posts
February 27 2012 01:30 GMT
#23
On February 27 2012 10:29 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 10:27 Almonjin wrote:
Didn't pay. Good thing too, because the "legitimate" streams were an embarrassment of heavy lag and games dropped from b.net.


1 drop from OZ, stream went down in 1 series. ye, it was embarrassing. w8... what?



I think you missed the part where the stream died in the middle of the finals and most of the rest of the games were a slide-show. I'm not the one that should be upset, you are.
Detrimentally
Profile Joined June 2011
United States78 Posts
February 27 2012 01:31 GMT
#24
On February 27 2012 10:29 Almonjin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 10:26 Detrimentally wrote:
Fuck all of the people that worked around the paywall.



You're a corporate shill, and its you that is killing esports by swallowing an inferior product and paying for it.

If by inferior product you are referring to the tournament that set the bar for production, then yes. Minus a few minor glitches lasting no more than 10 minutes over 80 hours of content, MLG > GSL > DreamHack > IPL > NASL.
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
dukem
Profile Joined January 2011
Norway189 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#25
I think most people who cheated it, logged into their friends twitch.tv account.
"Flash just accidentally killed grubby lol" - MangoMountain
iokke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1179 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-27 01:38:40
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#26
On February 27 2012 10:28 naux wrote:
some people didnt pay? lol some people are so cheap


right.
Glad $20 is nothing for you, but in some countries $20 isnt as little a it is in Canada. In my case, I only wathced 3-4 games so thats hardly worth $20. Though if i were to watch the entire event I probably would have paid (price point still seems high to me).

Actually another reason I didnt want to pay is because I dont want to support MLG in this. If lots of people pay, they will turn PPV into a normal thing. Yeah, $20 for 1 event is not bad, but if this becomes a habbit it will get expensive. Besides other tourneys seems to be able to run events with free streams and not shut down, so I dont see why we should abandon that model.
Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the f*** down. rerereredit.. I never get it right the 1st time
BoomNasty
Profile Joined June 2011
United States265 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#27
Also I like how everyone is blaming Blizzard not having LAN as MLGs fault
I like..
mark05
Profile Joined March 2009
Canada807 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#28
It's sad that most ppl did the work-around trick...
yes, I'm MarkOhFive
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#29
havent we had like 10 of these threads this weekend? everything that can be said he could go in the broadcast feedback thread, if you post constructively maybe they can fix the problems before the next arena to entice you. spreading out feedback across tl just makes it harder for mlg to see it all
KuRiCobbY
Profile Joined September 2011
37 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#30
Didn't pay. Watched some of it from a restream.

I'd probably pay to watch if it were $10
RastaMonsta
Profile Joined October 2011
304 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#31
im not wasting my money
dafnay
Profile Joined May 2010
Angola375 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#32
I watched for free with the adblock glitch and then a restream for the last games cause I think they fixed it for some people :D

I may pay next time only if theres a good crowd , day9 and a real end ceremony.
Drolla
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom389 Posts
February 27 2012 01:32 GMT
#33
On February 27 2012 10:29 Almonjin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 10:26 Detrimentally wrote:
Fuck all of the people that worked around the paywall.



You're a corporate shill, and its you that is killing esports by swallowing an inferior product and paying for it.


Inferior product? No what MLG provided was excellent. Only reason I watched a re-stream is because twitch.tv wouldn't accept my debit card.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
February 27 2012 01:33 GMT
#34
This poll won't be accurate at all as a sample. That and you left out so many other options like barcrafters lmao.
HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1258 Posts
February 27 2012 01:33 GMT
#35
Didn't pay or watch. I knew there was some kind of work-around/restream, but honestly didn't feel 100% right about doing that.

I don't blame the people that did, though. You don't introduce a PPV format in this environment without having your shit covered, and they didn't. Companies need to adapt to the reality of the current technology, not try to shoe-horn in outdated market models into it. Right now, it looks like freemium is still the way to go.
Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break.
J.E.G.
Profile Joined May 2010
United States389 Posts
February 27 2012 01:33 GMT
#36
please add a barcraft option
Do or do not; there is no try.
Noro
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada991 Posts
February 27 2012 01:33 GMT
#37
I'd pay everytime if i had to. So worth it. If you love the game, 20 dollars is nothing.
Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.
Gentso
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2218 Posts
February 27 2012 01:34 GMT
#38
On February 27 2012 10:32 mark05 wrote:
It's sad that most ppl did the work-around trick...


It's sad that it actually worked the entire weekend.
mki
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Poland882 Posts
February 27 2012 01:34 GMT
#39
I didn't pay but I did watch HuK vs. MKP / HuK vs. DRG / MKP vs. DRG for free on the MLG official site. No idea why it let me.
Head of New Business at Team Kinguin :: https://www.teamkinguin.com
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
February 27 2012 01:35 GMT
#40
On February 27 2012 10:33 Noro wrote:
I'd pay everytime if i had to. So worth it. If you love the game, 20 dollars is nothing.

I love football even more than starcraft, but I would not pay 20 dollars to watch it.
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